Jurisdiction – China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Clifford Chance | COFCO Corp’s proposed acquisition of a 51 percent stake in Noble Group’s agribusiness | $1.5 billion | COFCO Corp | Terence Foo, Roger Denny, Virginia Lee, Raymond Tong, David Griston, Jonathan Elman (Partners) |
Fangda Partners | $692 million | Alibaba Group |
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Linklaters | COFCO Corp’s proposed acquisition of a 51 percent stake in Noble Group’s agribusiness | $1.5 billion | Noble Group |
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Jun He Law Offices | CVC Capital’s acquisition of a controlling stake in Da Niang Dumpling Holdings | Undisclosed | CVC Capital |
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Slaughter and May | $692 million | Alibaba Group | Benita Yu (Partner) |
Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Appleby (Bermuda Islands, BVI counsel) | BNP Paribas’ loan grant to Kwoon Chung Bus Holdings | HK$820 million ($105.8 million) | Kwoon Chung Bus Holdings Ltd | Jeffrey Kirk (Partner)
Rupen Shah (Senior associate) |
Clifford Chance | CVC Capital’s acquisition of a controlling stake in Da Niang Dumpling Holdings | Undisclosed | CVC Capital |
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Clifford Chance
| BNP Paribas’ loan grant to Kwoon Chung Bus Holdings | HK$820 million ($105.8 million) | Kwoon Chung Bus Holdings Ltd |
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Davis Polk & Wardwell | $692 million | Intime Retail | Paul Chow (Partner) | |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | Shanda Media Group’s sale of 41 percent stake in Ku6 Media to Xu Xudong | $47 million | Shanda Media Group | Miranda So (Partner)
Abhishek Kolay, James Jackson (Registered foreign lawyers) |
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | HK$38,428 million ($4.9 billion) | Wing Hang Bank Ltd |
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Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson | IMAX Group’s sale of 20 percent stake in its Chinese business | $80 million | 1.China Media Capital 2.Fountainvest | Douglas Freeman, Victor Chen (Partners) |
Gide Loyrette Nouel | Limagrain on its acquisition of Seed Asia International | Undisclosed | Limagrain | Gilles Cardonnel (Partner)
Nicolas Chan, Joanna Lee (Associates) |
Hogan Lovells | Actavis’ acquisition of Silom Medical Co | $100 million | Actavis plc | Tim Fletcher (Partner)
Charles Butcher (Consultant)
Tamsin Doran (Senior associate)
Valerie Fung (Associate) |
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) | CVC Capital’s acquisition of a controlling stake in Da Niang Dumpling Holdings | Undisclosed | CVC Capital | Greg Knowles (Partner)
Richard Spooner (Of Counsel) |
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) | HK$38,428 million ($4.9 billion) | Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd | Greg Knowles (Partner)
Richard Spooner (Of Counsel) | |
Paul Hastings | Optics Valley Union’s global offering and IPO on the HKEx | $107 million | Optics Valley Union Company Ltd | Raymond Li, Catherine Tsang (Partners)
Bonnie Yung (Of Counsel)
Lillian Cheung (Associate) |
Slaughter and May | CITIC Securities Corporate Finance’s proposed cash offer for China XLX’s shares | Undisclosed | CITIC Securities Corporate Finance (HK) Ltd | Neil Hyman, John Moore, Peter Lake (Partners)
Charlton Tse, John Cartwright, Grace Cheng (Associates) |
Slaughter and May | HK$38,428 million ($4.9 billion) | Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd | Neil Hyman, Clara Choi (Partners) |
Jurisdiction – Japan
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
DLA Piper | TowerJazz Japan’s joint venture with Panasonic Corp | $7.5 million | TowerJazz Japan Ltd | Hajime Iwaki (Partner)
Makiko Takewaki (Senior associate)
Keiji Nasuda, Keitaro Uzawa, Ryo Takizawa, Kayo Ishikawa (Associates) |